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Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by
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On 12/21/2024 7:30 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 12/21/24 08:47, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:10:30 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 21/12/24 04:43, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>> On 12/20/24 06:40, Tony Nance wrote:
>>>>> On 12/20/24 9:24 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <6We9P.32715$Uup4.9647@fx10.iad>,
>>>>>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> writes:
>>>>>>>> On 20/12/24 15:55, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 17/12/2024 16:57, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I haven't seen a bunny for a long time now. But once they were,
>>>>>>>>>>> if not
>>>>>>>>>>> common, then not rare sights. Some of them white, others brown.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My sister lives in rural Scotland.  She used to
>>>>>>>>>> see a rabbit, from time to time, being carried
>>>>>>>>>> cross-country in the jaws of the family cat.
>>>>>>>>>> I mean, probably several different rabbits.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rabbits are evil animals that eat my vegetables.  They eat my
>>>>>>>>> oregano,
>>>>>>>>> they even ate my feijoa seedling.  They must die.  Cats like this
>>>>>>>>> should be supported.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think later, the household budget for pet food
>>>>>>>>>> improved.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you have the money, you can buy rabbit in
>>>>>>>>>> tin cans, to have later.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Years ago I dated someone with a crossbow who would hunt them 
>>>>>>>>> in my
>>>>>>>>> yard (as firearms are not legal to use within the city limits 
>>>>>>>>> here).
>>>>>>>>> I got kind of tired of lapin au moutarde but since then I have
>>>>>>>>> learned
>>>>>>>>> how to cook them szechuan style.
>>>>>>>>> --scott
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rabbits are a massive problem in the dry Central Otago area of the
>>>>>>>> South
>>>>>>>> Island of New Zealand where they decimate crops and grass leaving
>>>>>>>> barren
>>>>>>>> soil. An introduced species with no natural predators, with 
>>>>>>>> large and
>>>>>>>> frequent litters, they have successfully defied attempts of
>>>>>>>> eradication.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Time to introduce the coyote to the rabbits?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's a super-genius idea!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1uFDiDoQc
>>
>> One of the best WE Coyote cartoons. And maybe the only one with a
>> Bunny in it.
>>
>> The sequence (several cartoons) involving the catapult is my favorite.
>>>>> Perfect!!
>>>>>
>>>>      Good luck with Coyotes but why does not the Dingo
>>>> make inroards into the lapin cuisine?
>>>
>>> The Dingo would make no distinction between rabbit and lapin but resides
>>> in Australia where it is no threat to the New Zealand bunny which has no
>>> predators other than humans.
>>
>> This may come as a shock to you, but, in theory, I would think dingoes
>> could be imported from Australia to take care of the rabbits. Provided
>> they like rabbit, of course.
>>
>> Of course, there might be problems with what /else/ they decide to go
>> after. But that is true of all predators.
> 
>      No whatever predatory species is chosen should all be sterilized. I 
> am sure that the North American Coyote will enjoy
> rabbit for a long time. Unless you have some ground dwelling
> creature that is easier to catch and more delicious.
> This will afford a continuing market for sterilized predators.

NZ is chock-full of 'ground dwelling creatures that are easier to catch
and more delicious".

Until human settlement less than 1000  years, ago, the only native
land mammals were bats. As a result, there are a large number of
native ground-dwelling, flightless birds, such as the kiwi.

Eliminating ground dwelling non-human mammals altogether is an
ongoing project.

pt